FP7 IDEAS Programme
The European Research Council
ERC Calls 2007 – 2013: An overview with focus on ES and PT
Established by the European Commission
Pilar López
Scientific Department Unit B2
Management and Follow-Up Coordination
What is ERC?
Established by the European Commission
The ERC supports excellence in frontier research
through a bottom-up, individual-based, pan-European
competition
Legislation
Scientific governance: independent Scientific Council with
22 members; full authority over funding strategy
Support by the ERC Executive Agency (autonomous)
Excellence as the only criterion
Strategy
Budget: € 7.5billion (2007-2013) - 1.1 billion €/year
Support for the individual scientist – no networks!
Global peer-review
No predetermined subjects (bottom-up)
Support of frontier research in all fields of science
and humanities
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FP7 budget € 50.5 billion
ERC budget € 7.5 billion; Increase by € 250 M/year
Established by the European Commission
People
(9 %)
Ideas
(15 %)
Co-operation
(65 %)
1800
23.4%
21.6%
1500
1200
17.8%
900
15.1%
600
10.8%
7.3%
300
4%
0
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Million Euro
JRC nonnuclear (3 %)
Capacities
(8 %)
ERC Structure
Established by the European Commission
The European Commission
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Provides financing through the EU framework programmes
Guarantees autonomy of the ERC
Assures the integrity and accountability of the ERC
Adopts annual work programmes as established by
the Scientific Council
The ERC Scientific Council
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22 prominent researchers proposed by an independent
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Appointed by the Commission (4 years, renewable once)
Establishes overall scientific strategy; annual work programmes
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identification committee
(incl. calls for proposals, evaluation criteria); peer review methodology;
selection and accreditation of experts
Controls quality of operations and management
Ensures communication with the scientific community
The ERC Executive Agency
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Executes annual work programme as established by the Scientific Council
Implements calls for proposals and provides information and support to applicants
Organises peer review evaluation
Establishes and manages grant agreements
Administers scientific and financial aspects and follow-up of grant agreements
Carries out communications activities and ensures information dissemination
to ERC stakeholders
Our short history….
Time line
Adoption of FP7
and IDEAS
Programme
1st AdG call
Launch of ERC
& 1st StG call
5th StG, AdG calls,
2nd PoC call &
1st SyG call
3rd StG and
AdG calls
4th StG, AdG calls
& 1st PoC call
2nd StG and
AdG calls
2013
Appointment of
22 Scientific
Council
Members
Established by the European Commission
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
6th StG, ADG,1st
Cog, 3rd PoC,
2nd Syg
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After 6 years of existence…
A success story
Established by the European Commission
 40.300 submissions; 3.400 funded proposals; over 5 billion euro
awarded
 “excellence attracts excellence”: 50% of PIs in 50 institutions, but
more than 500 different host institutions in 29 countries host the
other 50% of the projects
 highly competitive: average success rate 12%
 strengthening peer-review-based evaluation systems
 strong structuring effects: reshaping the European landscape of
basic/frontier research
 making Europe more attractive in the global competition for
scientific talent
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ERC Grant schemes
Established by the European Commission
Starting Grants
Consolidator Grants
starters
(2-7 years after PhD)
up to € 2.0 Mio
for 5 years
consolidators
(7-12 years after PhD)
up to € 2.75 Mio
for 5 years
Advanced Grants
track-record of
significant
research
achievements in
the last 10 years
up to € 3.5 Mio
for 5 years
Proof-of-Concept
bridging gap between research - earliest stage of marketable innovation up to
€150,000 for ERC grant holders
Synergy Grants
2 – 4 Principal Investigators
up to € 15.0 Mio for 6 years
No call in 2014
Creative freedom of the individual grantee
Established by the European Commission
ERC offers independence,flexibility,recognition &
visibility
• to work on a research topic of own choice, with a team of own
choice
• to gain true financial autonomy for 5 years
• to negotiate with the host institution the best conditions of
work
• to attract top team members (EU and non-EU) and collaborators
• to move with the grant to any place in Europe if necessary
(portability of grants)
• to attract additional funding and gain recognition; ERC is a
quality label
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Attractive features
for researchers from outside Europe
Incentive:
 Additional “start-up” funding for scientists moving to Europe
(500.000€ for Starting, 750.000€ for Consolidator and 1 Million€ for Advanced
grantees)
Flexibility:
 Host institution shall be in an EU member state or an FP7 Ass.Country
 Grantee can keep affiliation with home institute outside Europe
(“significant part” of work time in Europe)
 Team members can be based outside Europe
Negotiation:
 Several European countries/host institutes assist applicants and reward
grantees with top-up funds or long-term professorships.
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ERC Starting and Consolidator Grants
The applicant’s profile
Established by the European Commission
• Potential for research independence
• Evidence of scientific maturity
• At least one (StG) /several (CoG) publications without
participation of PhD supervisor
Promising track-record of early achievements
• Significant publications
• Invited presentations in conferences
• Funding, patents, awards, prizes
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ERC Advanced Grants
The applicant’s profile
Established by the European Commission
 Track-record of significant research
achievements in the last 10 years
 Exceptional leaders and mentors
 10 publications as senior author in major
scientific journals
 5 granted patents
 10 invited presentations at international
conferences
 3 international conferences where Principal
Investigator was an organiser
 International prizes/awards
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Host institution
Established by the European Commission
Applicant legal entity: Institution that engages and hosts the
PI for the duration of the project.
Any type of legal entity: universities, research centres,
business research units … (Member States or Ass.Countries)
Commitment of HI: to ensure that the PI may
- apply for funding independently
- manage research and funding for the project
- publish independently as senior author
- have access to reasonable space and facilities
Frontier research and innovation:
ERC Proof of Concept
Established by the European Commission
 Initiated to help ERC grant-holder to bridge the gap between
their research and the earliest stage of a marketable innovation
 Supporting grant-holders during
 the pre-demonstration
 Up to 150.000 Euro per grant 1 year
 One step evaluation
 First call in Autumn 2011 with 2 deadlines
 Second call in 2012 with 2 deadlines
 Third call in 2013 (deadlines 24/04 and 3/10)
2011
2012
Total applications
151
143
Evaluated*
139
120
Funded
51
60
* withdrawn and ineligible proposals not
taken into account
Number of ERC grants vs. number of PoC grants
(Total PoC grants: 111)
Established by the European Commission
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ERC Proof of Concept – areas of application
Established by the European Commission
PoC scheme was introduced in 2011
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Speeding up the discovery process:
ERC Synergy grant
Established by the European Commission
 2012 work programme on a pilot basis
 2 – 4 Principal Investigators; complementary skills, knowledge &
resources; to jointly address frontier research problems
 Up to €15m for up to six year
 Based on ERC principles (no consortia, no networks):
• bottom-up and risk-taking
• driven by scientific demand
• PIs expected to spend significant “core time” together
• only one Host Institution, but groups not required to be
physically located in the same place
 710 submissions to the first Call;
 449 submissions to the second Call
SyG 2012
Established by the European Commission
• 11 proposals selected for funding: 5 PE, 4 LS, 2 SH
• Average budget requested : €11.5m
• PE: €11.7m
• LS: €12.6m
• SH: €8.6m
• 20 Host Institutions (7 countries) / 38 PIs (10 nationalities)
• Average duration: 68 months (5 y. 6 m.)
• Average number of PIs per proposal : 3.4
PE: 3.4 PIs (4 PIs in 2 prop. , 3 PIs in 3 prop.)
LS: 3.5 PIs (4 PIs in 3 prop. , 2 PIs in 1 prop.)
SH: 3.5 PIs (4 PIs in 1 prop. , 3 PIs in 1 prop.)
• 1.6% success rate for the first Synergy call
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SYNERGY 2012Successful Host Institutions
Established by the European Commission
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ERC Evaluation process: Submission
of proposals
Established by the European Commission
Single submission
► one deadline per Call
► to a targeted panel
► electronically only
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/home
► proposals have two parts:
Part A: administrative forms
Part B: scientific proposal itself
• Part B1: track record + synopsis
• Part B2: full proposal
Complete information: Guide for Applicants
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Proposal Structure – Part B
Established by the European Commission
• Part B1 = 'The PI'
• Extended synopsis (5 pgs.)
• CV (2 pgs.)
• Track-record (2 pgs.)
• Part B2 = Full Scientific Proposal (15 pgs.)
• Ethical Review information (where appropriate)
• Separate additional documents:
 Host Institution Support Letter
 Copy of PhD document (StG and CoG only)
 Documents to prove extension to the eligibility window
ERC StG/CoG/AdG Grants: how does it
operate?
Submission, evaluation and selection
Established by the European Commission
Submission of
full proposals
Individual assessment of full
proposal by panel members &
referees
Eligibility check
Step 1 (remote) evaluation on
the basis of section 1 of
proposal* by panel members
AdG :
2nd Panel
meeting
StG and CoG:
2nd Panel
meeting incl.
interviews of
applicants
1st Panel meeting
Proposals
passing to step 2
Proposals
selected for funding
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Eligibility and Re-submissions
Established by the European Commission
• Ineligibility
 Submission after the deadline.
 Incomplete proposals.
 No commitment letter from the HI.
 PhD award date outside the window.
• Re-submissions
 If applied in 2012 – only apply to 2013 if awarded
with a B in Step 1.
 Only one application per PI under the same WP.
Who evaluate the proposals ?
Evaluation based on peer review. The precise procedure is
defined by the Scientific Council
Established by the European Commission
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Only one evaluation criterion:
“excellence”.
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Panel members: typically 600 / call
 High-level scientists
 Recruited by ScC from all over the
world
 About 12 members plus a chair person
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Referees: typically 2000 / call
 Evaluate only a small number of
proposals
USA
7%
Other
7%
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AdG - StG 2012 : What was new / different
in 2012?
Established by the European Commission
• No ID Domain anymore :
– distributed within 3 domains: PE - 44%, LS - 39%,
SH -17%
• Implemented new scoring system for feedback to
applicants
– A, B and C with indication of ranking range
• Exclusion of reviewers: Up to three persons explaining
the reasons.
Any independent expert, including panel chair, panel
members
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Evaluation Criteria
Established by the European Commission
Excellence as sole criterion, to apply to:
Research Project
 Ground breaking nature
 Potential impact
 Scientific Approach
Principle Investigator (PI)
 Intellectual capacity
 Creativity
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Feedback to Applicants
New scoring system
Established by the European Commission
End of Step 1:
A. Proposal is of sufficient quality to pass to Step 2 of the evaluation. The
candidate does not receive an Evaluation report
B. Proposal is of high quality but not sufficient to pass to Step 2 of the
evaluation;
C. Proposal is not of sufficient quality to pass to Step 2 of the evaluation.
The applicant may also be subject to resubmission limitations in the next
call
End of Step 2:
A. Proposal fully meets the ERC's excellence criterion and is recommended
for funding within panel budget
A Proposal fully meets the ERC's excellence criterion but are outside panel
budget
B. Proposal meets some but not all elements of the ERC's excellence
criterion and will not be funded.
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Established by the European Commission
Data from previous calls 2007 / 2012
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ERC Competitions 2007-2012
Total number
of applications
of which
Evaluated*
Established by the European Commission
Funded
success rates**
Starting Grant 2007
9,167
8,787
299
3.4
Starting Grant 2009
2,503
2,392
245
10.2
Starting Grant 2010
2,873
2,767
436
15.8
Starting Grant 2011
4,080
4,005
486
12.1
Starting Grant 2012
4,741
4,652
566
12.2
23,364
22,603
2,032
10.7
Advanced Grant 2008
2,167
2,034
282
13.9
Advanced Grant 2009
1,584
1,526
245
16.1
Advanced Grant 2010
2,009
1,967
271
13.8
Advanced Grant 2011
2,284
2,245
301
13.4
Advanced Grant 2012
2,304
2,269
321
14.1
10,348
10,041
1,420
14.3
Proof of Concept 2011 - 1&2
151
139
51
36.7
Proof of Concept 2012 - 1&2
143
120
60
50.0
294
259
111
43.3
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Data as of 08/04/2013
Starting Grant
Advanced Grant
Proof of Concept
Over 3400 grants awarded after 10 StG and AdG calls
(one fifth to women PIs)
Established by the European Commission
Highly competitive: Average success rate 12%
Established by the European Commission
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The European Research Council
Established by the European Commission
Participation of Spain
Evaluated proposals from Spanish host institutions,
by call and domain
ERC Advanced Grant calls 2008-2013
ERC Starting and Consolidator Grant calls 2007-2013
Established by the European Commission
Ineligible and withdrawn proposals not taken into account; *) all submitted for 2013 calls │ 32
Granted proposals at host institutions in Spain
by call and domain
ERC Starting grant 2007-2012
ERC Advanced grant 2008 – 2012
Established by the European Commission
* current host institutions; data as of 08/04/2013
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Success rates per country of Host Institution
ERC Starting and Advanced Grant calls 2007-2012
Established by the European Commission
*) First legal signatories of the first grant agreement taken into account
Country
Higher-Education Institution
No
StG
AdG
Total
LS
PE
SH
UK University of Cambridge
1
54
40
94
31
49
14
UK University of Oxford
2
47
43
90
26
43
21
UK University College London
3
42
27
69
28
14
27
CH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
4
38
30
68
19
48
1
CH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich)
5
22
41
63
21
40
2
IL Hebrew University of Jerusalem
6
33
24
57
25
21
11
IL Weizmann Institute
7
31
21
52
30
21
1
UK Imperial College
8
28
23
51
20
31
BE University of Leuven
9
25
10
35
10
17
8
DE University of Munich
10
12
21
33
15
12
6
UK University of Edinburgh
11
17
15
32
8
13
11
UK University of Bristol
12
13
17
30
6
19
5
NL University of Amsterdam
13
15
14
29
3
8
18
NL Leiden University
13
15
14
29
1
15
13
FI University of Helsinki
14
16
12
28
19
7
2
IL Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
15
21
6
27
9
18
DK University of Copenhagen
16
15
11
26
9
11
6
CH University of Zurich
17
12
13
25
15
5
5
NL Radboud University Nijmegen
17
17
8
25
8
8
9
SE Karolinska Institute
17
15
10
25
24
No
StG
AdG
Total
LS
PE
SH
FR National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
1
121
57
178
47
103
28
DE Max Planck Society
2
54
37
91
49
36
6
FR National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm)
3
28
13
41
41
FR French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission
4
30
7
37
6
30
1
ES Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
5
19
11
30
13
12
5
FR National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automatic Control (INRIA)
6
17
12
29
Country
Research Organisation
1
29
Top
European
Institutions
hosting
at least 25
ERC
Grantees
by funding
Schemes
Established by the European Commission
StG 2007-2012
AdG 2008-2012
First legal
signatories
of the grant
agreement
Data as of 08/04/2013
Top host institutions in Spain
ERC grantees at 56 research institutions in Spain
ERC Starting and Advanced grant calls 2007 – 2012
ERC PoC calls 2011 and 2012
Established by the European Commission
Current host institutions; data as of 08/04/2013
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Mobility of researchers
ERC Starting and Advanced Grant calls 2007-2012
Established by the European Commission
Current host institutions; data as of 08/04/2013
46 foreign ERC grantees in Spain:
IT (12), DE (7), UK (4), NL (3), US (3),
other (17)
34 Spanish ERC grantees
away from Spain: UK
(15), FR (6), DE (5),
other (8)
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ERC panel members by country of HI and gender
ERC Starting and Advanced Grant calls 2007 - 2012
Established by the European Commission
Averaged over the first ten
ERC calls 25% of the ERC
panel members were women
* Number of instances that experts of a certain country of origin are contributing to the ERC peer review
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The European Research Council
Established by the European Commission
Early signs of ERC impact
Publications from ERC funded projects
Over 10 000 articles acknowledging ERC funding
Established by the European Commission
* Thomson Reuters, WoS, End of 2012
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ERC Grantees features prominently among
Laureates of prestigious Prizes and Awards
Established by the European Commission
Serge
Haroche
Konstantin
Novoselov
Nobel 2012
Nobel 2010
Christoforos
Pissarides
Andre
Geim
Theodor
Hansch
James
Heckman
Jean-Marie
Lehn
Stanislav Smirnov
AdG 2008
2013 Wolf Prize awarded to
Simon Donaldson
AdG 2009
2013 Holberg Prize awarded to Bruno Latour - AdG 2010
Elon Lindenstrauss
AdG 2010
2013 Crafoord Prize awarded to Lars Klareskog - AdG 2009
Other Prizes awarded to ERC grantees
EMBO GOLD MEDAL 2011 – Simon BOULTON - AdG 2010
FEBS|EMBO WOMEN IN SCIENCE 2011 - Carol ROBINSON - AdG 2010
EMBO GOLD MEDAL 2010 – Jason W CHIN - StG 2007
THE SHAW PRIZE IN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES 2011 - Christodoulou Demetrios - AdG 2009
Peter Zoller - SyG 2012
2012 Prizes awarded
to ERC grantees
EMBO GOLD MEDAL 2012 Jiri FRIML - StG 2011
BALZAN PRIZE 2012 David BAULCOMBE - AdG 2008
CRAFOORD PRIZE 2011 and EUROPEAN LATSIS PRIZE 2010 – Ilkka Hanski - AdG 2008
EUROPEAN LATSIS PRIZE 2012
Uffe HAAGERUP - AdG 2009
L'ORÉAL-UNESCO AWARD FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE 2011 - Anne L'Huillier - AdG 2008
KELVIN PRIZE 2012 Colin McINNES - AdG 2008
WOLF PRIZE 2010 – Anton ZEILINGER, David BAULCOMBE-AdG 2008, Alain ASPECT–AdG 2010LEIBNIZ PRIZE 2012 Michael BRECHT - AdG 2008
& Joerg WRACHTRUP - AdG 2010
MILLENIUM AWARD 2010 – Michael GRATZEL - AdG 2009
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Training a new generation of excellent
scientists
Established by the European Commission
Analysis of a significant sample of ERC grants shows that over 15,000
PhD and post-doc researchers will be trained within ERC projects
(average of 7 team members per AdG, and 5 per StG, without the PI)
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Established by the European Commission
Relation with National Funding Agencies
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Relation with National Funding Agencies
Open Channel of communication without formalized relationship
Established by the European Commission
 Exchange of information and good practices
 Training of Officers from the Polish National Science Center
 Training of Officers from the Lithuanian National Science
Center
 Regular visits and exchange of information with officials from
national funding agencies
 ERC Annual Science Management Workshop Series
 2010: Best Practices in Schemes supporting young researchers
 2011: Assessing the performance of ERC funded projects
 2012: The ex-post evaluation
 2013:
 ERC participation in Global Science Forum
 2012: Peer Review Principles
 2013 : Open Access & Research Integrity
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Relation with National Agencies
ERC / NSF Agreement
Established by the European Commission
 Opportunity for U.S. scientists to be part of ERC-funded
teams from six to twelve months.
 Selected researchers supported by the ERC grant as any
other team member.
 All ERC grantees will be informed about this possibility
 NSF will solicit proposals from its CAREER awardees and
Post-doctoral research fellows
 Travel costs for the U.S. scientists will be covered by the
NSF
 NSF grant will continue to run during their visit in Europe
(in case of CAREER)
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Relation with National Agencies
ERC / NSF Agreement
Established by the European Commission
• NSF CAREER awardees: Single and long-term (e.g., 6-12
months) or multiple short-term visits (e.g., for joint
experiments). Research visits should begin at least 12
months prior to the termination date of the NSF CAREER
award. Multiple short-term visits should aggregate to an
agreed upon minimum (e.g., 6 months) [salary paid by NSF]
• NSF Postdoctoral Fellows: Single and long-term research
visits (e.g., 6-12 months). The time spent in Europe will be in
addition to (rather than in lieu of) their NSF-funded
postdoctoral fellowship (usually 2 years in duration) [salary
paid by ERC grant]
• 1st call for expression of interest launched: 760 positive
replies for hosting NSF scientists (275 AdG / 485 StG)
Established by the European Commission
Scientific reporting
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Scientific Reporting : StG / AdG
Established by the European Commission
ERC Grant Agreement foresees 2 different reporting streams
Reports covering the financial aspects of the grant
•
•
•
Prepared by Host Institution (HI) in consultation with Principal
Investigator (PI)
Submitted 4 times over 5 yr – (months 18, 36, 54, 60)
Assessment by the Financial Department
Reports covering the scientific aspects of the grant
•
•
•
•
•
Prepared by PI on behalf of HI
Submitted 2 times over 5 yr at midterm (M30) and at end of project
(M60)
Assessment by the Scientific Department
Scientific officers responsible for monitoring
External expertise if needed
Scope of Scientific Reporting
Established by the European Commission
• Feedback to ERC
• Contributing to the overall monitoring of program
implementation and success
• Dissemination of results
• Increased visibility of projects and outcomes
• Acknowledgement of ERC as an agency funding excellent
research and leading scientists
• Legal requirements
• Reasonable assurance of proper use of public funds
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Report submission: Reminders and checks
Established by the European Commission
Deadline for report submission: 60 days after end of period
(M32, M62)
15 days before end of period  Advanced notice letter sent
to PI
Reminders are sent if needed
Receipt of PI’s reporting documents by Follow-up team
Completeness check:
• if incomplete  go back to PI
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Scientific Reporting: Documents
Established by the European Commission
Documents submitted by the PI at midterm or final reporting:
• Core report
• Project output record
• Abstracts and, if available, full publications
E-mail exchange with PI - clarifications, additional info etc.
Last version of DoW - against which PI’s report needs to be
checked
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Scientific Reporting: Mid-Term Activity report
Established by the European Commission
• Summary of major achievements since the start of the
project
• Publishable brief summary of the achievements of the
project
• Major problems/difficulties
• Information you would only want to share with ERCEA
• List of keywords
• Attachments
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Scientific Reporting: Final Report
Established by the European Commission
• Summary of the major achievements over the entire period
• Publishable brief summary of the achievements of the
project
• Overall assessment of achievements and success of the
project
• Major problems/difficulties
• Information you would only want to share with ERCEA
• List of keywords
• Websites where additional information may be found
• Attachments
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Monitoring Report: Assessment by Panel
Coordinator
Established by the European Commission
Project monitoring is:
•
Assessment of the project progress and achievements
•
Assessment of the work carried out, not scientific results
•
Check whether the progress is consistent with the DoW
•
Check for signs of underperformance of the project

External reviews can be required from panel members
Project monitoring is not:
•
A scientific re-evaluation of the project
•
A peer review of the scientific output
•
An assessment of the scientific quality of the project outcomes
Approval scientific reports: feedback to PI & Grant Management
Dept. by follow-up team
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Scientific Reporting 2011 - 2013
Established by the European Commission
Advanced Grants
Number of mid-term reports received in 2011: 229
Number of final reports received in 2011: 0
Number of mid-term reports expected to be received in 2012: 218
Number of final reports expected to be received in 2012: 7
Number of mid-term reports expected to be received in 2013: 235
Number of final reports expected to be received in 2013: 46
Starting Grants
Number of mid-term reports received in 2011: 271
Number of final reports received in 2011: 3
Number of mid-term reports expected to be received in 2012: 230
Number of final reports expected to be received in 2012: 36
Number of mid-term reports expected to be received in 2013: 411
Number of final reports expected to be received in 2013: 248
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Scientific Reporting: IT
Established by the European Commission
CPM – Contract and Project Management
Mainly used for financial / contractual issues
Versatility and accessibility across departments
Temporary solution for storing scientific reports
CORDA – Community Research DataWarehouse
Business Objects
Statistics and Overview
SESAM (beginning of electronic reporting planned 1st July 2013)
Dedicated tool for scientific reporting for all FP7
Expected to work for ERC in a few weeks
Dual functionality:
Submission of reports and publications
Assessment of reports
Temporary solution
Email
Large files can be sent on CD/DVD
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Established by the European Commission
Ethics in the ERC Projects
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European Research Council
Research Ethics : Article 6 of FP7
Established by the European Commission
•
"All the research activities carried out
under the Seventh Framework Programme
must be carried out in compliance with
fundamental ethical principles"
Seventh Framework Programme (Decision N° 1982/2006/EC), Article 6 (1§)
•
ERCEA ensures that no ERC grant is given to
research that may contravene ethical
legislation or regulations (EU and/or national
legislation and regulations)
European Research Council
What is an ethical issue?
Established by the European Commission
Use of Human Embryonic Stem Cells or Foetal Tissue
Use of Non Human Primates
Research Intervention on human beings
Privacy and use of personal data
Research on animals
Research in Developing countries
Dual Use
European Research Council
The Ethics Clearance process
Established by the European Commission
Lists with evaluated
proposals
(main + reserve lists)
Ethics PreScreening
Ethics
Screening
Ethics tables + Ethics
annexes submitted
through EPSS
Ethics
Review (RTD):
hESC
Primates
Humans
hESCs are
submitted to :
a. Programme
Committee
b. EC decision
Ethics
Review ERC:
(Except 1-3)
Ethics
Clearance
Note
Proposals concerned
by ethics review
are frozen until
Clearance doc.
Signature of
Grant
Agreements
THE FUTURE: HORIZON 2020
Established by the European Commission
 HORIZON 2020 structure
 Excellent Science
 Industrial leadership
 Societal challenges
 EIT
 JRC
 Excellent Science: reinforcing and extending the excellence of the
EU’s science base and consolidating ERA to make EU’s R&I system
more competitive on a global scale
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European Research Council
Future and Emerging Technologies
Marie Curie
Research Infrastructures
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ERC in FP7 and in H2020 : Changes and
Continuity - I
Established by the European Commission
Essential features maintained
 Independent Scientific Council with full authority over
funding strategy
 Executive Agency with autonomous operation
 Scientific excellence - the sole criterion on which ERC
grants are awarded
ERC in FP7 and in H2020 : Changes and
Continuity - II
Established by the European Commission
Strengthening the Scientific Governance of the European
Research Council
• Merging positions of President of ERC and Secretary
General
• Full-time President based in Brussels
• 3 Vice-Chairs elected from amongst the Scientific Council
members
•Strengthening the role of Scientists in the Steering
Committee of the ERCEA
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Budget proposal under H2020
Established by the European Commission
H2020 budget € 70 billion
ERC budget € 12 billion
FP7 budget € 50.5 billion
ERC budget € 7.5 billion
JRC nonnuclear (3 %)
Co-operation
(65 %)
Capacities
(8 %)
Societal
challenges
(39%)
EIT
(3.6%)
JRC
(2.5%)
ERC
(17.1%)
People
(9 %)
Ideas
(15 %)
Industrial
leadership
(23.1%)
Other Excellent
science (14.6%)
Calls in 2014 – indicative only
Established by the European Commission
• Opening and Submission Deadlines of ERC Calls:
 Starting Grant 2014 – first and second
quarter of 2014;
 Consolidator Grant 2014 – second quarter of
2014;
 Advanced Grant 2014 – fourth quarter of
2014;
 No Synergy Grant foreseen in 2013 and
2014.
Main communication tools / Multipliers
Established by the European Commission
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•
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Ideas NCP (National Contact Points)
ERC Website
Press and media relations
Quarterly e-newsletter and e-News Alerts
Publications/flyers
Audiovisual products
Stand and sessions at conferences/congresses
https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanResearchCouncil
https://twitter.com/ERC_Research
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